Digging a Little Deeper Into Metro’s FY23-24 Proposed Highway Budget
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Metro shuffles budget items around, which obscures how much its freeway expansion budget is increasing
How to Reframe the Narrative About Car Dependency
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On today's episode of The Brake, host Kea Wilson brings you an extended interview with Grant Ennis, author of Dark PR: How Corporate Disinformation Harms Our Health and the Environment. Listen now.
Vision Zero Under the Microscope: Why Aren’t Road Fatalities at 0 Yet?
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Washington D.C. has failed to bring down road fatalities because its Vision Zero program is hampered by limited infrastructure improvements, low funding and inconsistent oversight, part one of a new report reveals.
Call to Action: Help Build a Better Valencia Street
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Only 13 percent of people supported abandoning the Dutch-style plan in favor of center-running in last year's SFMTA outreach. Decades of Dutch and Danish planning experience shows center-running doesn't work. But the city forges ahead despite public opinion and international best practices. Join a growing chorus and tell the city to stop gaslighting cyclists and build for safety, not parking.
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Speed cameras reduce speeds (CBC)
- Reducing speeds increases safety (IIHS)
- It’s not the bike lane’s fault that you’re a bad driver (Jalopnik)
- 1.3 million people die in U.S. traffic every year (Washington Post)
- Newsom signs bill to investigate gas price gouging (Governor’s Press Office, CalMatters Spectrum)
- Can California end corporate greenwashing? (LA Times)
- Bay Area transit to test out free/discounted transfers across agencies (KTVU)
- Yup, traffic noise is pushing up your blood pressure (CNN)
- Long Beach and Pasadena get money from federal Reconnecting Communities program (LAist)
- LA County gets millions in state infrastructure money (NBC)
- Butte County gets over $20 million (KRCR)
- Mariposa County gets money for State Route 140 (Sierra News Online)
- Yuba City Highway 99 junction to be “improved” for trucks (Appeal Democrat)
- Bill could “unleash” state lawsuits on housing (SF Chronicle)
Find more California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
Eyes on the Street: Newly Protected Venice Boulevard Bike Lane
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Venice Boulevard has long been a popular place to bike, LADOT is improving several miles by adding parking-protection to existing bike lanes
Bike/Walk Laws ‘Arrest’ the Mobility of Black Americans: Study
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Black pedestrians, bicyclists and micromobility users are subjected to a far wider array of dangerous laws than many sustainable transportation advocates may realize, a new report finds — and repealing them alone is not enough to guarantee them the freedom of mobility they need and deserve.
Guest Commentary: Berkeley Needs Student Housing
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Don't let CEQA harm our university system by blocking much-needed housing
Today’s Headlines
| | No Comments- Transit in crisis, and how to save it (Vox)
- FTA announces disaster relief funding for transit (Planetizen)
- LA Daily News searches for reasons why LA Metro rail plans were not funded by the state
- “Clean Air Conversations” will focus on transit (Pasadena Now)
- Legislature passes bill to investigate oil price gouging with alacrity (LA Times, Mercury News, Sacramento Bee, AP)
- City of Santa Clarita prepares to go all-in on hydrogen (Signal SCV)
- San Diego to receive $37M in state funds to stabilize bluffs above rail line (RT&S)
- SF announces new plan to add housing downtown (SF Chronicle)
- To reduce crime, end evictions (Jacobin)
- Do people really want sprawl? (Planetizen)
- Parking lots eat cities (Big Think)
- Regulate SUVs to death (Financial Times)
- To get more women to bike, have women design better bike infrastructure (The Conversation)
- Salinas’ local newspaper has no reporters (LA Times)
Find more California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
San Fernando Breaks Ground on New Pacoima Wash Walk/Bike Path
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The initial 1.4-mile Pacoima Wash project will extends along the east side of the wash, and includes a new bike/walk bridge, native landscaping, fencing, lighting, and watershed features.
New Tool Maps Sidewalks From the Sky — And Encourage Cities to Fill The Gaps
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Cities across America will soon be able to easily map their pedestrian infrastructure using the power of artificial intelligence — and challenge them to have a long overdue conversation about why those networks have such an acceptable number of gaps. Now there are no excuses.